Hello, my dark darlings, I'm Marquia, and this is the Something Scary podcast.

To our veteran listeners and those sheltering within the dark with us for the first time, welcome.

It's always darkest before the dawn.

I've heard that many times in my life, and the thing that people assume is that the light will save us.

Because light is a comfort to us, isn't it?

We're forever reaching for the light switch first.

If you can see it, you know what to fight, right?

But the eye-catching brightness of a ghost can blind you to the darkness around and behind it. Those deep dark spaces

the light doesn't touch, spaces filled with shadows, always watching, always waiting. First, a real-life

encounter with a creepy pasta monster. Next, a picture is worth a thousand screams.

After that, a Filipino legend guides us to fortune or doom. And finally, the final light

speaks in the classic creepypasta gateway of the mind. I receive hundreds of creepy story submissions every

single week. As always, the first story you hear is one that we've chosen to animate and post

over at YouTube.com slash snarled. Then I read a few more stories for the podcast. If you have a

tale you're dying to share, send me an email at something

scary at snarl.com. And if you'd like to support the show and receive bonus content, consider

joining our Patreon. Our patrons play a huge role in keeping the show running every single week.

For more information on how you can help the show and also be a part of it, visit patreon.com slash snarled.

So, want to hear something scary?

Grides like knives.

Some songs can take you on a journey through the highway.

Other songs can invite something sinister out to cross your path with a smile, a smile bright like knives in the dark. This is based on a true story.

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